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Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn)

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 36510

This procedure places a small tube into a vein in a newborn's umbilical cord stump to give fluids, medications, or draw blood, or to perform other treatments. It uses a natural access point available only in the first days after birth.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Umbilical Vein Catheter Placement (Newborn) cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $89.13 from a physician practice, and about $309 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$89.13$70.79 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$309$151 to $1,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $309 · 10th to 90th $95 to $4,571Professionalmedian $89 · 10th to 90th $48 to $191
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $309professional $89

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$100.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$1,023.29
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$213.80

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Wisconsin than in Florida. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 38th of 51

$95.50

WI $282FL $75.86

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.